meren

See also: měřen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.rə(n)/
• Hyphenation: me‧ren
• Rhymes: -eːrən
• Homophone: Meeren

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch meren, from Old Dutch *mēron, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn, related to *maida- (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēyt-, *meyt-, from *mēy-, *mey- (“stake, pole”). Cognate with English moor.

Verb

meren

1. (transitive or intransitive) to moor

Inflection

Conjugation of meren (weak)
infinitive	meren
past singular	meerde
past participle	gemeerd
infinitive	meren
gerund	meren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	meer	meerde
2nd person sing. (jij)	meert	meerde
2nd person sing. (u)	meert	meerde
2nd person sing. (gij)	meert	meerde
3rd person singular	meert	meerde
plural	meren	meerden
subjunctive sing.1	mere	meerde
subjunctive plur.1	meren	meerden
imperative sing.	meer
imperative plur.1	meert
participles	merend	gemeerd
1) Archaic.

Alternative forms

• maren (obsolete)
• maeren (obsolete)
• marren (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aanmeren
• afmeren
• meerboei

Descendants

• Afrikaans: meer

Etymology 2

Noun

meren

1. plural of meer

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Finnish

Noun

meren

1. genitive singular of meri

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meren (Cyrillic spelling мерен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of meriti

Vurës

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *marani, from Proto-Oceanic *ma + *raqani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈrɛn/

Noun

meren

1. day, daytime
2. daylight, sunlight